Pubdate: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, FEB. 29, 2008 #538 Read This Publication On-line at: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm TABLE OF CONTENTS: * This Just In (1) Initiatives Could Boost Incarcerations In State (2) New High in U.S. Prison Numbers (3) Editorial: Safe From Searches (4) William F. Buckley, 1925 - 2008 * Weekly News in Review Drug Policy (5) Treatment Center Being Sued By Recovering Drug Addicts (6) Strategies To Control Bupe Abuse Outlined (7) Crime Bill Gets Tough On Drug Traffickers ( 8) OPED: Don't Tax Drugs, Legalize Them Law Enforcement & Prisons (9) Justices Weigh if Cash Hidden Is Cash Laundered (10) Justices Take Vehicle-Search Case (11) Border Agents Increasingly Targeted (12) Complaints About Agent Date to Start of His Career Cannabis & Hemp (13) Eight Years Of Reefer Madness (14) Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Banned (15) Ray Farmer Fighting To Grow Hemp Product (16) John P. Morgan, 68, 'Pharmaco-Ethnomusicologist' International News (17) In Juarez, Drug War Gets Even Bloodier (18) Echoes Of 'Black List' In Renewed Thai Drug War (19) Thailand Promises A Deadly Toll During New 'War On Drugs' (20) Bihar's Naxal-Affected Villages Grow Poppy (21) Changing Times Require More Police, Senate Panel Told * Hot Off The 'Net Drug Dog Brutality Caught On Tape / WKRN-TV in Nashville Policy Narcosis / By Steve Rolles Drug Truth Network Peter Christ Of LEAP On WHAM Rochester, New York Pew Report Finds More Than One In 100 Adults Are Behind Bars * What You Can Do This Week Crack The Disparity: Call The U.S. Senate Now * Letter Of The Week Reduce Penalties For Marijuana / Jack Ricker * Feature Article Reefer Madness / By William F. Buckley, Jr. * Quote of the Week Clarence Darrow DrugSense needs your support to continue this newsletter and many other important projects - see how you can help at http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake